Death in Hollywood (40 images)

On Tuesday, Carrie Fisher, Princess Leia in the Star Wars movies, died. No one expected that. Her mother, Debbie Reynolds, the perky ingénue in Singing in the Rain, died the next day. No one expected that either. The next day fans left flowers and candles and whatnot on Debbie Reynolds' two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Carrie Fisher doesn't have a star. Her fans commandeered a blank one. The media showed up with their big cameras and interviewed everyone in sight – and of...more »

On Tuesday, Carrie Fisher, Princess Leia in the Star Wars movies, died. No one expected that. Her mother, Debbie Reynolds, the perky ingénue in Singing in the Rain, died the next day. No one expected that either. The next day fans left flowers and candles and whatnot on Debbie Reynolds' two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Carrie Fisher doesn't have a star. Her fans commandeered a blank one. The media showed up with their big cameras and interviewed everyone in sight – and of course every theater on Hollywood Boulevard was screening the new Star Wars movie. One wasn't. Other than that, it was just another day in Hollywood. ~ Thursday, December 29, 2016« less